Comments on: Craft Fairs: Are They For You?

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:34:10 +0000

thank you so much for this fab blog post that came at the perfect time as I am surrounded by cushions and lavendar hearts and stuffed toys trying to work out prices for a forth coming fair!! )

By: Courtney @ Sister To Sister

Courtney @ Sister To Sister — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:33:39 +0000

I wish you had written this 1 1/2 ago!

I have participated in juried and un-juried shows.

All in all, I LOVED it! And, I would continue it if I had the time!

My advice: Go in with someone! My sister and I did this together and it helped immensely not to have to make everything by myself!

I loved your advice on “office hours”! I think that is so important. For each show we would count how many weeks until the show (not including the week right before the show) and figure out how much product we wanted to have stocked. Then we would divide that up among the weeks we had to work. It just gave us a good baseline to follow.

But, one thing I messed up on my first show: Remember that just because you are done sewing/crafting/whatever you are doing with your product, your product is not ready to sell! I really underestimated the time it would take me to look over, label, price, organize all my products!

Can’t wait to hear more! I have a great spreadsheet for pricing your products!

By: Candied Fabrics

Candied Fabrics — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:01:46 +0000

I’ve just blogged on this topic:
http://candiedfabrics.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/advice-to-folk-on-doing-a-craft-fair/
Hope it helps someone!

Candied Fabricss last blog post..Advice to folk on doing a craft fair

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:59:56 +0000

This is great information, I’m really excited about this series. I’ll be linking.

I’ve never sold anything at a craft fair but I *love* them! We have one locally just before Christmas and I try to buy as many of my gifts there as I can.

By: nichan

nichan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:07:46 +0000

You can read my mind! (^o^)…
i was thinking about it, too…and exactly…a lot of friends and even someone I just met at fabric shop asked me whether I sold my craft or not…
A friend sent me about craft fair longggg time ago…my husband talked about it, too…somehow, in my mind keeps saying this,”it’s not as easy as it seems…it’s not about just “showing” my crafts…it’s also about presenting my crafts…and goodness! Crafters in my country are not sole crafter/sellers…They are small industries and usually came from small town…they can provide a lot of stuff at low cost…moreover, stand-rent fee is not as cheap as anyone can think of…If want to get involved in craft fair, I must know more than just making and showing my stuff on the table!”…
I wonder if there’s a no-no kind of craft show….

By: Allegra

Allegra — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:33:33 +0000

I'm still pretty green when it comes to crafting -- but I love the idea of being able to have enough in stock to participate in a craft fair. I'm thinking about farmer's markets, too... Allegras last blog post..Your gum needs a soft place to land